9:14 AM,
May 20, 2013

FBI agents place evidence seized from the Ramapo Town offices into a van May 15, 2012. (Matthew Brown/The Journal News)

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The FBI seizure of records from Town Hall leaves a bevy of agents with plenty of reading material in the search for evidence of criminal activity.

Former prosecutors familiar with such investigations said they don't expect the documents to lead to immediate arrests, if there are any at all.

William Aronwald, a former federal prosecutor and now a White Plains-based defense attorney, said investigators - at the very least - convinced a judge they had probable cause the records would provide evidence of federal crimes, or they wouldn't have gotten a search warrant. ...